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EMERALD RESOURCES NL Capital/Financing Update 2017

Aug 6, 2017

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Okvau Gold Project, Cambodia Okvau DFS Delivers Ore Reserve of 907,000oz @ 2.0g/t Emerald to Become +100,000ozpa Gold Producer August 2017

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Presentation Disclaimer

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Forward Looking Statement

This announcement contains certain forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based on the Company’s current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry in which Emerald Resources operates, and beliefs and assumptions regarding the Company’s future performance. Words such as “anticipates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “seeks”’ “estimates”, “potential” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the control of the Company, are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements, which reflect the view of Emerald Resources only as of the date of this announcement. The forward-looking statements made in this release relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. Emerald Resources will not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions or updates to these forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or unanticipated events occurring after the date of this announcement except as required by law or by any appropriate regulatory authority.

This announcement has been prepared in compliance with the current JORC Code 2012 Edition and the ASX listing Rules. All material assumptions on which the forecast financial information is based have been included in this announcement.

The Company believes that is has a reasonable basis for making the forward-looking statements in this announcement, including with respect to any production targets and financial estimates, based on the information contained in this announcement. All material assumptions underpinning the production target or the forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed.

100% of the production target referred to in this announcement is based on Probable Ore Reserves.

Emerald has a highly experienced management team, undoubtedly one of the best credentialed gold development teams in Australia with a proven history of developing projects successfully, quickly and cost effectively. In particular, the Managing Director, Mr Morgan Hart, who has overseen the successful development of gold projects for Equigold NL and, most recently, as Operations Director of Regis Resources Ltd. His experience in developing countries includes the development of the Bonikro Gold Project in Cote d’Ivoire. He has assembled a team of highly competent mining engineers and geologists for the development of the Okvau Gold Project.

The Company believes it has a reasonable basis to expect to be able to fund and develop the Okvau Gold Project for the reason set out above and in this announcement. However, there is no certainty that the Company can raise funding when required.

Competent Persons Statements

The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Craig Johnson, who is an employee to the Company and who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Craig Johnson has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Craig Johnson has reviewed the contents of this news release and consents to the inclusion in this announcement of all technical statements based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

The information in this report that relates to the Mineral Resources for the Okvau Gold Deposit was prepared by EGRM Consulting Pty Ltd, Mr Brett Gossage, who is a consultant to the Company, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (AIG), and has sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the 2012 edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves". Mr Gossage has reviewed the contents of this news release and consents to the inclusion in this announcement of all technical statements based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

Information in this announcement that relates to Ore Reserves for the Okvau Gold Deposit is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation prepared by Mr Glenn Williamson, an independent specialist mining consultant. Mr Williamson is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. Mr Williamson has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person (or “CP”) as defined in the 2012 edition of the "Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves". Mr Williamson has reviewed the contents of this news release and consents to the inclusion in this announcement of all technical statements based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.

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Okvau DFS | Robust and Compelling Project

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Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimate

  • Initial Ore Reserve of 14.3Mt @ 2.0g/t Au for 907,000oz

  • Mineral Resource Estimate of 17.7Mt at 2.0g/t gold for 1.14Moz (at 0.7g/t cut-off) .

  • 90% of Indicated Resources converted to Ore Reserves

Economically robust project

  • 2.0Mtpa plant to produce 106,000oz pa on average over the initial operating Life-of-Mine (‘LOM’) of + 7 years

  • C1 Cash Cost of US$650/oz over LOM

  • AISC of US$731/oz over LOM

  • Low development capital intensity of US$122/oz of LOM production

  • NPV(5%) to Pre Production Capital Costs ratio of 2.3x

  • Operating margin of 46% at US$1,250/oz gold price

Project DFS Economics Attributable to Emerald

Development Capital Costs1 US$91M
Mining Contractor Capital & Pre-Production Mining US$7M
US$98M
LOM C1 Cash Costs2 US$650/oz
LOM ASIC3 US$731/oz
Operating Cash Flow(pre-tax) US$419M (A$558M4)
Project Cash Flow After Capital(pre-tax) US$298M (A$397M4)
NPV (5%)(pre-tax) US$223M (A$298M4)
NPV (5%)(post-tax) US$160M (A$213M4)
Payback(pre-tax) 26 months
Payback(post-tax) 30 months
IRR(pre-tax) 48% pa
IRR(post-tax) 40% pa
  • 1 Includes US$4.4M of capital spares and first fills

  • 2 C1 Cash Costs include site based mining, processing and admin operating costs plus transport and refining costs

  • 3 Includes C1 Cash Costs plus royalties, sustaining capital costs and rehabilitation & closure costs

  • 4 Exchange rate of US$0.75

Development Timetable

  • Targeting commencement late in 4Q 2017

  • Commercial gold production early 2019

Financing

  • Financing plans underway, targeting conventional equity funding

  • Cash reserves of A$8.5M, well funded to progress pre-development activities and exploration pending development funding

Reference is made to the Company’s ASX release dated 1 May 2017 titled Okvau DFS Delivers Ore Reserve of 907,000oz. All material assumptions underpinning the production target or the forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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Capital Structure

ASX Code EMR

Share Price
Shares on Issue
4.4 cents1
2,108M2
Market Cap A$92.7M
Cash & Investments ~A$8.5M3
Debt Nil
Enterprise Value (diluted) $84.3M

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Board & Management

Simon Lee AO, Non-Executive Chairman

  • Previously Chairman: Equigold NL, Samantha Gold NL, and Great Victoria Gold NL

  • Previously Board Member of the Australian Trade Commission and President of the Western Australian Chinese Chamber of Commerce Inc

Morgan Hart, Managing Director

  • Geologist

  • Previously Executive Director (Operations) of Regis Resources Ltd (developed three gold mines in four years |Moolart Well, Garden Well and Rosemont)

  • Previously Executive Director (Operations) of Equigold NL (developed the Bonikro Gold Project in Cote D’voire and managed operation of the Mount Rawdon and Kirkalocka Gold Mines in Australia)

Justin Tremain, Executive Director

  • Founding Managing Director of Renaissance Minerals in 2010 and has overseen the Cambodian Gold Project since 2012

Shareholder Structure

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Directors &
Retail & High Net
Worth Investors Management
30%
55%
Institutional
Investors
15%
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  • Previously +14yrs investment banking experience in the natural resources sector (NM Rothschild & Sons and Investec Bank)

Ross Stanley, Non-Executive Director

  • Extensive experience both in Australian and African mining enterprises

  • Founder and majority shareholder of Stanley Mining Services (dominant drilling company in Ghana in the 1990’s)

  • Previously Non-Executive Director of Equigold NL

Ross Williams, Non-Executive Director

  • Founding shareholder and Financial Director of MACA Limited (ASX listed mining & civil contractor)

  • 16yrs banking experience having held executive positions with a major Australian Bank

Mick Evans, Chief Operations Officer

  • Previously 7yrs with Regis Resources Ltd (managed the construction of gold plants at the Moolart Well, Garden Well and Rosemont)

  • Previously 10yrs with Equigold NL (instrumental in the construction of the Bonikro gold plant in Cote D’Ivoire)

Mark Clements, Company Secretary

  • +18yrs experience in corporate accounting and public company administration

  • 1 Share Price as at 3 August 2017

  • 2 Excludes 63.6M management and employee options on issue (20.0M @ 2.5c; 22.5M @ 3.2c, 2.5M @ 5.2c, 3.4M @ 5.7c and 15.2M @ 6.45c)

  • Company Secretary for a number of diversified ASX listed companies

  • 3 As at 30 June 2017

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Cambodia Overview & Project Location

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First mover advantage in frontier terrain

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  • Democratic elections (5yr terms, next election July 2018)

  • Growth orientated regime with pro-development Government (GDP ~7-10% pa)

  • Attractive fiscal regime:

  • Direct foreign ownership |100% ownership

  • No Government equity participation

  • 30% corporate tax rate

  • 2.5-3.0% Government royalty (gold)

  • Import duty exemptions

  • Underexplored and prospective for large systems

  • Sparsely populated | no competing agriculture land use

  • Recently increased ground position from 400km[2] to 1,500km[2] | emerging gold district

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Okvau Resource 2.0g/t | 1.141 Million Ozs

  • Estimate covers 650 metres of strike by 650 metres width of the mineralised vein system

  • Drill spacing of 25m x 25m in the top 120m

  • 42,257 metres of drilling (31,447 metres of diamond)

  • Multiple Indicator Kriging (MIK) estimation of recoverable resources

  • Select intersections include:

  • 44m @ 1.88g/t from 4m

  • 36m @ 5.25g/t from 95m

  • 33m @ 9.73g/t from 101m

  • 31m @ 4.63g/t from 153m

  • 23m @ 6.94g/t from 102m

  • o 20m @ 9.86g/t from 175m

  • o 14m @ 15.06g/t from 26m

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April 2017 JORC Resource (0.7g/t gold cut-off) April 2017 JORC Resource (0.7g/t gold cut-off) April 2017 JORC Resource (0.7g/t gold cut-off) April 2017 JORC Resource (0.7g/t gold cut-off)
Resource Classification Tonnage
(Mt)
Grade Au
(g/t)
Gold
(Koz)
Indicated 15.11 2.08 1,008
Inferred 2.57 1.61 133
Total 17.68Mt 2.01g/t 1,141

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Reference is made to the Company’s ASX release dated 1 May 2017 titled Okvau DFS Delivers Ore Reserve of 907,000oz. All material assumptions underpinning the production target or the forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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Okvau DFS Overview 2.0g/t Au for 907,000 ounces gold

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April 2017 JORC Ore Reserve (0.625g/t gold cut-off ) April 2017 JORC Ore Reserve (0.625g/t gold cut-off ) April 2017 JORC Ore Reserve (0.625g/t gold cut-off ) April 2017 JORC Ore Reserve (0.625g/t gold cut-off )
Reserve Classification Tonnage
(Mt)
Grade Au
(g/t)
Gold
(Koz)
Probable Ore Reserve 14.26 1.98g/t 907,000
  • Forecast annual production of +106Kozpa over initial +7 year LOM

  • 90% conversion of Indicated Resources to Ore Reserves

  • 84% LOM metallurgical recovery

  • 26 month pay back (pre-tax) and 30 month payback (post-tax)

  • Low All-In Sustaining Costs (AISC) of US$731/oz over LOM

  • Pre-tax NPV(5%) US$223M (A$298M) & IRR 48% pa

  • Post-tax NPV(5%) US$160M (A$213M) & IRR 40% pa

Reference is made to the Company’s ASX release dated 1 May 2017 titled Okvau DFS Delivers Ore Reserve of 907,000oz. All material assumptions underpinning the production target or the forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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Low All-in Sustaining Costs | High Margin

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Mining Physicals Summary

Life of Mine
Ore Mined (tonnes) 11.3Mt
Average Grade (g/t Au) 2.0g/t
Strip Ratio (Waste:Ore) 5.8:1
In Pit Gold (oz) 907koz
Gold Recovery 84%
Production Period 7.2 years
Annual Production (oz) 106,000koz

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Reference is made to the Company’s ASX release dated 1 May 2017 titled Okvau DFS Delivers Ore Reserve of 907,000oz. All material assumptions underpinning the production target or the forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed.

Operating Cost Summary

Life of Mine
On-Site Mining US$333/oz
On-Site Processing US$265/oz
On-Site G&A US$48/oz
Transport and Refining US$5/oz
C1 costs US$650/oz
Royalties1 US$50/oz
Sustaining Capital & Closure Costs US$31/oz
AISC US$731/oz
1Includes Government royalty of 2.5%
Capital Cost Summary and OZ Minerals royalty of 1.5%
Treatment Plant US$45.2M
Infrastructure (Road, Power, TSF, Camp, Plant Mobile
Equipment & Process Plant Infrastructure)
US$26.6M
Earthworks and Construction Overheads US$4.7M
EPCM and Commissioning US$7.4M
Owners Costs, Spares, First Fills & Household Resettlement US$7.0M
Estimated Capital Costs US$90.9M
Mining Contractor Establishment & Mobilisation US$2.2M
Pre-Production Mining Costs US$4.9M
Total Capital Requirement US$98.0M

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Metallurgy & Processing Extensive test work completed

Conventional Flotation & Leaching

Coarse primary grind (>106µm) and sulphide flotation

Low mass pull (8%), high grade concentrate

Fine regrind of concentrate only (no oxidation)

Leaching (flotation tails and concentrate) & Elution

Gold recoveries of 84%

  • Single stage crushing with SAG mill

  • Flotation and regrind account for only ~12% of total power consumption

  • Regrind cost ~$1.05 per tonne

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  • Moderate cyanide consumption

  • Bwi 17.5kWh/t

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Infrastructure

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  • Government currently constructing road to within 15km

  • Flat terrain (130mRL to 180mRL)

  • Power | planned 115Kv transmission line Kratie to Okvau at US$0.118c Kwh

  • Water supply within immediate vicinity of Project

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115Kv planned
transmission line
Planned Access Road
Transmission Route
Line
115kV Transmission
Line Planned
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Development Timetable

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  • Permitting

  • Environmental & Social Impact Assessment - Completed

  • Environmental approval Q3 2017

  • Mining approval Q3 2017

  • Negotiation of a Mineral Investment Agreement Q4 2017

 Resettlement

  • Resettlement of 58 affected households well advanced and managed by provincial resettlement committee Q3 2017

  • Exploration

  • Drilling of untested and underexplored targets Q3 2016 through to Q2 2017

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Resource Growth Potential of the Okvau Deposit

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Okvau Resource Growth Depth extensions

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Some of the highest grade intersections sit beneath open pit floor, including:

  • 11m @ 9.0g/t from 230m

  • 23m @ 15.3g/t from 352m

  • 17m @ 5.7g/t from 399m (incl. 11m @ 8.4g/t)

  • Latest results from drilling at depth include: o 3m @ 14.3g/t from 432m

  • 6m @ 9.7g/t from 520m

Latest drilling results released in the Company’s ASX release dated 1 May 2017 titled Okvau DFS Delivers Ore Reserve of 907,000oz.

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Frontier Terrain | Substantial Upside

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Okvau Surrounds | Geochemistry

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O’Svay Prospect
600m x 600m gold in soil anomaly
Peak soils | 786ppb, 624ppb
Remanent magnetic
features
Undrilled
Okvau North Prospect
+1km soil anomaly
Drilling | 8m @ 19.2g/t fr 20m
Zeus Prospect Samnang Prospect
800m x 200m gold in soil anomaly Drilling | 9m @ 6.6g/t fr 0m &
Trenching | 19m @ 4.1g/t; 12m @ 20m @ 2.1g/t fr 38m
5.0g/t; 5m @ 7.5g/t
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Regional Potential | New Joint Ventures

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  • ~1,500km[2] of prospective unexplored terrain

  • Dominant land position in Cambodia covering the core a north-west trending

  • zone of cretaceous age (100Ma) granitoid intrusions

  • Gold occurrences

  • Multiple with direct associations with granitoid intrusions with critical pathfinder multi-elements (bismuth, arsenic, tellurium

  • All areas within 50-60km of the Okvau Gold Deposit

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Regional Potential | Kratie South JV (70%)

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Drill hole collar
2m @ 13.9g/t fr 89m
3m @ 8.51g/t fr 50m
3m @ 12.94g/t fr 38m
4m @ 10.25g/t fr 56m
3m @ 8.92g/t fr 73m
1m @ 16.16g/t fr 74m
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  • 15km south of the Okvau Gold Deposit

  • Mineralisation associated with a major north east trending shear zone believed to be on the same structure associated with the Okvau Gold Deposit

  • Drill results include; 3m @ 8.9g/t gold form 73m, 4m @ 10.2g/t gold from 56m, 3m @ 12.9g/t gold from 38m, 3m @ 8.5g/t gold from 58m

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Regional Potential | Memot (70%) & Koan Nheak (80%) JVs

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Memot

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4m @ 11.94g/t fr 4m
1m @ 11.36g/t fr 66m
16m @ 2.93g/t fr 4m
4.3m @ 4.76g/t fr 147.2m
12m @ 1.01g/t fr 12m
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  • 70km south-west of the Okvau Gold Deposit

Koan Nheak

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  • 50km north-east of the Okvau Gold Deposit

  • Numerous mapped small intrusives with associated sulphide rich altered veins

  • Multiple stream sediment anomalies associated with small intrusives

 Drill results include:

  • Rock chips to 33g/t gold

  • 4m @ 11.9g/t gold from 4m

  • 16m @ 2.9g/t gold from 4m

  • Undrilled

  • 12m @ 1.01g/t gold from 12m

  • 4m @ 4.8g/t gold from 147m

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Peer Comparisons | 35-40% Discount to Peers

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NPV/Capex AISC Annual Reserve FFEV/Reserve EV/NPV
(US$/oz) Production (oz) (oz) (US$/oz) %
Emerald 2.0 731 106,000 907,000 225 36%
Dacian1 1.8 779 146,000 1,200,000 405 66%
Gascoyne 2.1 698 90,000 552,000 347 60%
West Africa Resources 1.1 759 93,000 894,000 373 83%
  • 1 Dacian NPV based on broker estimates

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  1. FFEV = Fully Funded Enterprise Value (EV including development capital)

  2. AUD:USD = US$0.75

  3. Based on share price of 13 July 2017

Source: Company reports

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Investment Proposition

  • New frontier, unexplored terrain covering 1,500km[2 ] with compelling geochemical anomalies

  • 100% project ownership

  • Low operating costs due to high grade, simple single open pit bulk mining approach and availability of competitive hydro power:

  • 907,000oz open pit at 2.0g/t

  • LOM average 106,000 oz pa over 7 year mine life

  • AISC of US$731/oz initial 7 year mine life

  • NPV (5%) Pre-tax of US$222M

  • IRR 48% pa, capital payback 26 months

  • Development team with proven track record

  • Targeting development later part of Q4 2017 and production early 2019

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  • Significant exploration potential | targeting continued Okvau resource growth and new regional discoveries

Reference is made to the Company’s ASX release dated 1 May 2017 titled Okvau DFS Delivers Ore Reserve of 907,000oz. All material assumptions underpinning the production target or the forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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Appendices

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Okvau Cross Section

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Gold Price & Discount Rate Sensitivity

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Gold Price US$1,100
US$1,200
US$1,250
US$1,300
US$1,400
Pre-Tax
Net Project Cash Flow US$188M
US$261M
US$298M
US$334M
US$407M
Project NPV(5%) US$133M
US$193M
US$223M
US$253M
US$$313M
Project IRR 32% pa
43% pa
48% pa
53% pa
64% pa
Post-Tax
Net Project Cash Flow US$138M
US$189M
US$215M
US$240M
US$291M
Project NPV(5%) US$95M
US$138M
US$160M
US$181M
US$224M
Project IRR 27% pa
36% pa
40% pa
45% pa
54% pa
Discount Rate 5%
7.5%
10%
Pre-Tax
Project NPV US$223M
US$194M
US$168M
Post-Tax
Project NPV US$160M
US$138M
US$118M

Reference is made to the Company’s ASX release dated 1 May 2017 titled Okvau DFS Delivers Ore Reserve of 907,000oz. All material assumptions underpinning the production target or the forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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Ore Reserves and Mineral Resource Estimate

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Ore Reserve

April 2017 JORC Ore Reserve (0.625g/t gold cut-off ) April 2017 JORC Ore Reserve (0.625g/t gold cut-off ) April 2017 JORC Ore Reserve (0.625g/t gold cut-off ) April 2017 JORC Ore Reserve (0.625g/t gold cut-off )
Reserve Classification Tonnage
(Mt)
Grade Au
(g/t)
Gold
(Koz)
Probable Ore Reserve 14.26 1.98g/t 907,000

Mineral Resource Estimate

Okvau April 2017
Mineral Resource Estimate
Okvau April 2017
Mineral Resource Estimate
Okvau April 2017
Mineral Resource Estimate
Indicated Resource
Inferred Resource
Total Resource
Cut-off
(Au g/t)
Tonnage
(Mt)
Grade
(g/t Au)
Contained
Au (Koz)
Tonnage
(Mt)
Grade
(g/t Au)
Contained
Au (Koz)
Tonnage
(Mt)
Grade
(g/t Au)
Contained
Au (Koz)
0.50
19.58
1.74
1,093
3.47
1.35 151
23.05
1.68
1,244
0.70
15.11
2.08
1,008
2.57
1.61 133
17.68
2.01
1,141
1.00
11.01
2.54
898
1.67
2.04 109
12.68
2.47
1,007

Reference is made to the Company’s ASX release dated 1 May 2017 titled Okvau DFS Delivers Ore Reserve of 907,000oz. All material assumptions underpinning the production target or the forecast financial information continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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